Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 729 499 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.40% 14.43% 9.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.86% 51.55% 40.50%
Number of salaries quoted 429 384 363
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,462 968 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.85% 28.00% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 921 711 837
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -1 190 £60,000 +9.09% 64
Essex +2 179 £40,000 +14.29% 37
Cambridgeshire -4 144 £55,000 +37.50% 37
Suffolk +28 102 £47,739 -4.52% 10
Norfolk +2 84 £55,000 +48.65% 20
Bedfordshire -11 28 £37,500 -29.25% 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 97 (13.31%) SharePoint
2 47 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.06%) WordPress
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) SAS
8 2 (0.27%) Confluence
8 2 (0.27%) Luigi
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 70 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
1 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.27%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 182 (24.97%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (16.87%) Power Platform
3 114 (15.64%) Azure AI
4 105 (14.40%) Entra ID
5 85 (11.66%) AWS
6 79 (10.84%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (6.86%) OneDrive
8 38 (5.21%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.80%) Power Automate
10 33 (4.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 31 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (3.98%) GitHub
13 24 (3.29%) GCP
14 19 (2.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (2.61%) SaaS
15 17 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
16 15 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 65 (8.92%) Firewall
2 49 (6.72%) DNS
3 45 (6.17%) VPN
4 33 (4.53%) DHCP
5 26 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 16 (2.19%) Internet
7 15 (2.06%) WAN
8 14 (1.92%) Wireless
9 12 (1.65%) VoIP
10 11 (1.51%) LAN
11 8 (1.10%) MQTT
11 8 (1.10%) VLAN
12 7 (0.96%) Broadband
12 7 (0.96%) Network Security
13 4 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.41%) DMZ
14 3 (0.41%) SSL
14 3 (0.41%) WLAN
15 2 (0.27%) L2TP
15 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (14.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 107 (14.68%) Power BI
3 63 (8.64%) Tableau
4 59 (8.09%) MongoDB
5 36 (4.94%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.96%) MySQL
11 6 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.82%) Looker
11 6 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.41%) Metadata
13 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (2.74%) Git
2 12 (1.65%) JIRA
3 6 (0.82%) MLflow
4 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Selenium
5 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.27%) git-flow
7 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.27%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.14%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 369 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 83 (11.39%) Finance
3 31 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (2.88%) Marketing
5 20 (2.74%) Law
6 15 (2.06%) Legal
7 13 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (1.78%) Public Sector
8 12 (1.65%) Retail
9 11 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.82%) Advertising
11 6 (0.82%) Banking
11 6 (0.82%) Multimedia
12 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.55%) Games
13 4 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.55%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 159 (21.81%) Analyst
2 152 (20.85%) Developer
3 121 (16.60%) Junior
4 117 (16.05%) Junior Analyst
5 89 (12.21%) IT Support
6 84 (11.52%) .NET Developer
7 69 (9.47%) Senior
8 62 (8.50%) Security Analyst
9 58 (7.96%) Data Analyst
10 56 (7.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 56 (7.68%) Ethical Hacker
10 56 (7.68%) Junior Data Analyst
10 56 (7.68%) Junior Security Analyst
11 46 (6.31%) IT Engineer
12 45 (6.17%) Support Engineer
13 34 (4.66%) Graduate
14 33 (4.53%) Azure Engineer
14 33 (4.53%) IT Support Engineer
15 32 (4.39%) Lead
16 31 (4.25%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (16.46%) .NET
2 102 (13.99%) .NET Core
3 80 (10.97%) ASP.NET
4 79 (10.84%) ASP.NET Core
5 75 (10.29%) CSS
6 66 (9.05%) HTML
7 48 (6.58%) RESTful
8 38 (5.21%) React
9 34 (4.66%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.39%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.25%) Node.js
12 29 (3.98%) Blazor
13 23 (3.16%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.02%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.02%) JSON
15 21 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.88%) Vue
16 20 (2.74%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (2.61%) SPFx
18 15 (2.06%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.68%) Cyberattack
2 36 (4.94%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.98%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.51%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (0.96%) Clustering
10 7 (0.96%) Digital TV
10 7 (0.96%) iPhone
11 6 (0.82%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.82%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.82%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.69%) BBC
12 5 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.69%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 136 (18.66%) Windows
2 78 (10.70%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.47%) Linux
4 17 (2.33%) Android
5 14 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 14 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (1.78%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (26.34%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (23.87%) AI
3 134 (18.38%) Agile
4 119 (16.32%) Mentoring
5 110 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
6 109 (14.95%) DevOps
7 91 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 77 (10.56%) CI/CD
10 70 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 64 (8.78%) Machine Learning
12 56 (7.68%) Ethical Hacking
13 45 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 43 (5.90%) Computer Science
15 42 (5.76%) Roadmaps
16 40 (5.49%) ITIL
17 39 (5.35%) User Experience
18 38 (5.21%) Customer Service
19 36 (4.94%) Multithreading
20 35 (4.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 240 (32.92%) SQL
2 153 (20.99%) C#
3 134 (18.38%) Python
4 69 (9.47%) JavaScript
5 58 (7.96%) PowerShell
6 44 (6.04%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.43%) PHP
8 15 (2.06%) Java
9 13 (1.78%) C++
10 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.82%) Bicep
12 5 (0.69%) R
13 4 (0.55%) Bash
14 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.41%) Ruby
14 3 (0.41%) Rust
15 2 (0.27%) Go
15 2 (0.27%) Scala
16 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 240 (32.92%) Azure Certification
2 75 (10.29%) Degree
3 64 (8.78%) CompTIA Security+
4 57 (7.82%) CompTIA CySA+
5 56 (7.68%) CEH
6 40 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.80%) CCNA
8 34 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
11 24 (3.29%) Security Cleared
12 17 (2.33%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.96%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.96%) CCNP
14 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.82%) CISSP
16 5 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 3 (0.41%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.84%) QA
2 25 (3.43%) SLA
3 20 (2.74%) GDPR
4 15 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.78%) NIST
7 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.23%) GRC
8 7 (0.96%) NCSC
9 6 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.55%) PMO
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) IFRS
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 125 (17.15%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.08%) Hyper-V
3 28 (3.84%) Docker
4 27 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 55 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (4.94%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.16%) Terraform
4 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.41%) SCCM
5 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 522 (71.60%) Microsoft
2 136 (18.66%) ForeScout
3 48 (6.58%) Cisco
4 32 (4.39%) VMware
5 28 (3.84%) Apple
6 23 (3.16%) Google
7 19 (2.61%) Adobe
8 15 (2.06%) Databricks
8 15 (2.06%) Meraki
9 11 (1.51%) Facebook
9 11 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.51%) Veeam
10 8 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.96%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.96%) Sophos
12 6 (0.82%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.82%) Dell
12 6 (0.82%) Epicor
12 6 (0.82%) SAP
12 6 (0.82%) SonicWALL